oldsoul
12-18-2004, 06:26 PM
To My Brothers
As we enter 2005, I just wanted to say how proud I am to be part of the Manhood of the Destee Community. The caliber of Black Men who have established a presence, a cyber-identity if you will, in this, the largest independent Black owned, operated, focused and centered community of its type in english-speaking cyber-space, is the finest I have seen. The teaching and sharing that goes on in the midst of the disussions, debates, arguments, chats, forums and raps in the various areas of Destee.com is the most enlightning I’ve encountered in over 40 years of consciously working with Black Men. The reputation of the Brothers at Destee.com throughout the cyber-disapora is that we are, for the most part, serious, righteous, generous, protective of Our community and strongly, clearly Black. We are the best lovers in poetry and prose, the most diligent in monitoring our internal behavior, and model the best examples of Black Men anywhere in the western world.
We have collectively participated in the foundation building of what could be a prototype of Black cyber-institutions to come. We have also come to a cross-road; it can be a breaking point or a turning point.
It is a time of decisions for us, as Black Men, as to whether we’re prepared to take part in leading this community to the next level or if we will allow it to be crushed by the weight of free membership who don’t yet know the cost of freedom and the value of ownership. If this community had a minimum of 500 premium members we could truly become the international community we have just scratched the surface of being. We need to make it happen, not wait for it to happen. We cannot take it for granted that if something happened to Destee.com and the community of works, arts and thoughts we have invested here, that we can just join another one just like the other one. There is no other one like this and, I believe, very few people who could or would be willing and able to commit and sacrifice what it takes to build such a vast community, especially when it means having that community erected on your shoulders, as Destee has done for us. We can collectively inspire, enrich and build this community to heights beyond our greatest imaginations, which is as it should be, given how powerful we are.
During KWANZAA of 2004, I am asking each Brother here to make a commitment with me to increase premium memberships by 50%, which means 1 new premium member apiece. If we all just invite one person to join as a premium member every month, we can increase the power of the community to reach and speak through/for/to us literally a hundred-fold. And trust me Brothers, we’re gonna need every independent institution we can build, align ourselves with, internetwork with, socialize with and have membership in over these next dozen or so years, (and we’re gonna need each other more than you could ever believe).
If you decide to make the commitment with me, just add Aman to your reply below.
OldSoul
As we enter 2005, I just wanted to say how proud I am to be part of the Manhood of the Destee Community. The caliber of Black Men who have established a presence, a cyber-identity if you will, in this, the largest independent Black owned, operated, focused and centered community of its type in english-speaking cyber-space, is the finest I have seen. The teaching and sharing that goes on in the midst of the disussions, debates, arguments, chats, forums and raps in the various areas of Destee.com is the most enlightning I’ve encountered in over 40 years of consciously working with Black Men. The reputation of the Brothers at Destee.com throughout the cyber-disapora is that we are, for the most part, serious, righteous, generous, protective of Our community and strongly, clearly Black. We are the best lovers in poetry and prose, the most diligent in monitoring our internal behavior, and model the best examples of Black Men anywhere in the western world.
We have collectively participated in the foundation building of what could be a prototype of Black cyber-institutions to come. We have also come to a cross-road; it can be a breaking point or a turning point.
It is a time of decisions for us, as Black Men, as to whether we’re prepared to take part in leading this community to the next level or if we will allow it to be crushed by the weight of free membership who don’t yet know the cost of freedom and the value of ownership. If this community had a minimum of 500 premium members we could truly become the international community we have just scratched the surface of being. We need to make it happen, not wait for it to happen. We cannot take it for granted that if something happened to Destee.com and the community of works, arts and thoughts we have invested here, that we can just join another one just like the other one. There is no other one like this and, I believe, very few people who could or would be willing and able to commit and sacrifice what it takes to build such a vast community, especially when it means having that community erected on your shoulders, as Destee has done for us. We can collectively inspire, enrich and build this community to heights beyond our greatest imaginations, which is as it should be, given how powerful we are.
During KWANZAA of 2004, I am asking each Brother here to make a commitment with me to increase premium memberships by 50%, which means 1 new premium member apiece. If we all just invite one person to join as a premium member every month, we can increase the power of the community to reach and speak through/for/to us literally a hundred-fold. And trust me Brothers, we’re gonna need every independent institution we can build, align ourselves with, internetwork with, socialize with and have membership in over these next dozen or so years, (and we’re gonna need each other more than you could ever believe).
If you decide to make the commitment with me, just add Aman to your reply below.
OldSoul